U.S. patent number 5,394,640 [Application Number 08/136,461] was granted by the patent office on 1995-03-07 for glue trap for roaches.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Woodstream Corporation. Invention is credited to David C. Musket.
United States Patent |
5,394,640 |
Musket |
March 7, 1995 |
Glue trap for roaches
Abstract
A glue trap for roaches is formed as an enclosed paperboard
receptacle which requires no additional outer wrapper so that the
trap itself forms it own packaging. The receptacle is in the form
of a shallow rectangular box divided internally into transverse
passageways and with non-drying adhesive on its interior walls. To
convert the package for use as a trap, the side walls of the box
are provided with tear-out panels which provide endwise access
openings to the passageways.
Inventors: |
Musket; David C. (Kutztown,
PA) |
Assignee: |
Woodstream Corporation (Lititz,
PA)
|
Family
ID: |
22472961 |
Appl.
No.: |
08/136,461 |
Filed: |
October 15, 1993 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
43/114 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01M
1/14 (20130101); A01M 2200/011 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01M
1/14 (20060101); A01M 1/00 (20060101); A01M
001/14 () |
Field of
Search: |
;43/107,114 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Rowan; Kurt
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Jacobson, Price, Holman &
Stern
Claims
I claim:
1. A package to be converted into a glue trap for roaches and like
insects comprising a shallow enclosed box-like receptacle made of
sheet material and having a base wall, side walls, end walls and a
top wall, a layer of non-drying adhesive internally provided at
least on the base wall of the receptacle, internal means dividing
the receptacle into a plurality of transverse passageways and at
least one of said side walls and end walls including tear-out panel
means for providing an access opening to said passageways, wherein
each of the side walls includes an elongate tear-out panel for
providing access to said passageways, the tear-out panels extending
substantially along the entire length of each side wall and being
defined by perforation lines along top and bottom edges of the
respective side wall.
2. A package as defined in claim 1, wherein each tear-out panel
includes pull tabs at opposite ends of the panel, the pull tabs
being defined by slits and an aperture formed in the respective
side wall of the receptacle.
3. A package as defined in claim 1, wherein said internal means
comprises a corrugated sheet having apeces adhesively engaged to at
least one of said top and bottom walls of the receptacle.
4. A package as defined in claim 3, wherein said sheet includes a
centralized aperture adjacent at least one end of the sheet and
wherein an end wall of the receptacle includes a centralized
tear-out panel extending partly into the top wall for providing a
centralized access opening to endmost ones of said passageways
communicating with said aperture.
5. A package as defined in claim 4, wherein the side walls of the
receptacle are each provided with an elongate tear-out panel
extending substantially along the entire length of the side wall
for providing endwise access to said passageways.
6. A package to be converted into a glue trap for roaches and like
insects comprising a shallow enclosed box-like receptacle made of
sheet material and having a base wall, side walls, end walls and a
top wall, a layer of non-drying adhesive internally provided at
least on the base wall of the receptacle, internal means dividing
the receptacle into a plurality of transverse passageways and at
least one of said side walls and end walls including tear-out panel
means for providing an access opening to said passageways, wherein
the receptacle is formed from a folded blank of sheet material with
integral adhesive tabs securing the side walls to the end walls and
integral folded over panels adhesively securing the base wall to
the side walls.
7. A package to be converted into a glue trap for roaches and like
insects comprising a shallow enclosed box-like receptacle made of
sheet material and having a base wall, side walls, end walls and a
top wall, a layer of non-drying adhesive internally provided at
least on the base wall of the receptacle, internal means dividing
the receptacle into a plurality of transverse passageways and at
least one of said side walls and end walls including tear-out panel
means for providing an access opening to said passageways, the
package including a suspension panel with a suspension aperture
extending from one end of the base wall and coplanar with the base
wall.
8. A package for conversion into a glue trap for catching roaches
or like insects comprising a shallow enclosed rectangular
receptacle having a base wall, side walls, end walls and a top wall
formed from a folded blank of sheet material, a nondrying adhesive
layer internally provided on at least the base wall of the
receptacle, a corrugated sheet internally located within the
receptacle, said sheet having apeces adhesively engaging at least
one of said top and bottom walls of the receptacle, said sheet
dividing the receptacle into a plurality of transverse passageways,
and each of said side walls of the receptacle including a tear-out
panel extending substantially along the length of the side wall for
providing endwise access to the passageways, wherein each tear-out
panel is defined by perforations extending substantially along top
and bottom edges of the respective side wall.
9. A package as defined in claim 8, wherein each tear-out panel
includes a pull tab at one end of the panel, the pull tab being
defined by slits and an aperture in the respective side wall.
10. A package for conversion into a glue trap for catching roaches
or like insects comprising a shallow enclosed rectangular
receptacle having a base wall, side walls, end walls and a top wall
formed from a folded blank of sheet material, a non-drying adhesive
layer internally provided on at least the base wall of the
receptacle, a corrugated sheet internally located within the
receptacle, said sheet having apeces adhesively engaging at least
one of said top and bottom walls of the receptacle, said sheet
dividing the receptacle into a plurality of transverse passageways,
and each of said side walls of the receptacle including a tear-out
panel extending substantially along the length of the side wall for
providing endwise access to the passageways, wherein the corrugated
sheet has a centralized aperture adjacent each end of the sheet,
and wherein the end walls of the receptacle are each provided with
a centralized tear-out panel extending partly into the top wall for
providing a centralized access opening to endmost ones of said
passageways communicating with a respective one of the apertures in
the corrugated sheet.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to glue traps used for catching subjects
such as vermin, rodents, insects or the like, the traps being of
the kind which use a layer of very stick non-drying adhesive onto
which the subject may be enticed or otherwise caused to engage and
from which the subject cannot then extricate itself. The invention
is particularly concerned with a glue trap which is suitable for
catching roaches.
Glue traps, in general, are well-known and numerous designs are
available for diverse applications. Commonly, for catching roaches
and other insects or small rodents, such traps are made in
disposable form from lightweight sheet material, such as plastic or
paperboard stock. Generally, the traps are packaged for sale,
individually or in batches, in some form of outer packaging or
wrapper. When the traps are used, it is therefore also necessary to
dispose of the wrapper.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the invention to provide a disposable glue trap,
particularly suitable for catching roaches, which forms its own
packaging, thereby dispensing with the need for an outer
wrapper.
Another object of the invention is to provide an enclosed
substantially sealed glue trap package which is readily converted
into a roach trap simply by removing one or more tear-away panels
from the package.
It is another object of the invention to provide a glue trap as
described which is made of folded blanks of paperboard or like
stock and which provides plural narrow internal passageways, of the
type favored by roaches, and common entry ways to the passages
which are formed by tear-away panels.
Thus, at least in a preferred form thereof, the invention provides
a disposable glue trap packaged formed from two paperboard blanks.
A larger outer blank is folded to form a shallow enclosed box-like
receptacle with top, bottom and side walls, the receptacle
including an internal layer of non-drying adhesive at least on the
bottom wall. A smaller inner blank is folded into pleats or
corrugations of equal height to the side walls of the box-like
receptacle. The corrugated blank is positioned within the
receptacle prior to its being sealed shut and effectively divides
the receptacle into plural, parallel passageways.
The box-like receptacle is substantially totally enclosed and forms
its own packaging. Its outer surfaces may be printed with
advertising material and instructions for use, and it may
incorporate a suspension panel with a aperture for suspending the
package from a hook or the like at a point of sale.
Opposite walls of the receptacle are provided along their length
with tear-away panels which, which removed, provide access openings
at opposite ends of the passageways and thereby readily convert the
package for use as a glue trap for roaches. In one preferred form
of the invention, the receptacle may have further tear-away panels
providing centralized access to batches of the passageways.
Additional features and advantages of the invention will become
apparent from the ensuing description and claims read in
conjunction with the attached drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a paperboard blank to be folded into a
shallow box-like receptacle for a glue trap package according to
the invention,
FIG. 2 is a plan view of another paperboard blank to be folded and
positioned inside of the receptacle,
FIG. 3 is a plan view of a completed glue trap package made from
the two blanks, and
FIG. 4 is a side view of the package.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
The paperboard blank 10, shown in FIG. 1 is cut to shape such that
it can be folded into the configuration of a shallow sealed
box-like receptacle 10' as illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4. To this
end, blank 10 includes a rectangular top wall section 12 surrounded
by shallow side wall sections 14, 16 and end wall sections 18, 20.
For use as a roach trap, for example, the depth of the shallow side
and end wall sections may be of the order of about 1/2". The
respective wall sections of the blank are separated from each other
by fold lines (shown as chain-dotted lines) suitably impressed or
scored in the blank.
Adjacent end wall section 20 of the blank is a first suspension
panel-forming section 22 again separated from section 20 by a
transverse fold line. Adjacent end wall section 18 is a base wall
section 24 also separated from section 18 by a transverse fold
line. Base wall section 24 has an extension portion 24a providing a
second suspension panel-forming section to fit against the first
panel-forming section 22 as seen in FIG. 4. The panel-forming
sections have registrable suspension apertures 26, 28 preferably of
somewhat unequal size to accommodate slight misalignments. The
upper surface of section 22 carries a contact adhesive for securing
extension portion 24a.
At opposite ends of the side wall section 14, 16 are slit fold-in
tabs 30 provided with contact adhesive for securement to the end
wall sections 18, 20 when the blank is folded to form receptacle
10'. Also, along the outer edge of each side wall section is an
adhesive fold-over panel 32 for securing to the base wall section
24. Inner surfaces of the base wall and top wall sections of the
blank are provided with layers 34 of non-drying roach-catching
adhesive and this adhesive itself may be sufficient to secure the
base section to panels 32 without the need for additional adhesive
on panels 32.
Effectively the entire surface of each of the side wall sections
14, 16 of blank 10 is formed by a respective tear-out panel 36 or
38 defined by perforations (shown dotted) extending along the fold
lines which define the upper and lower edges of the respective side
wall sections. At each end, the tear out panels have slits defining
pull tabs 40 for the tear-out panels and the blank is cut with
access apertures 42 for the pull tabs.
Blank 10 is provided with further tear-out panels 44, 46 each
having a rectangular portion in a respective end wall section 18 or
20 and an arcuate portion extending into the top wall section
12.
It is evident that blank 10 can be formed into receptacle 10' by
folding up the side and end wall sections 14, 20 and securing same
by means of the adhesive tabs 30, then folding over the base wall
section, securing same to the folded-in panels 32, and securing
panel-forming section 22 to panel-forming section 24a. Before the
final steps, however, an insert (FIG. 2) is placed in the box-like
receptacle to divide same into a plurality of narrow
passageways.
FIG. 2 shows a second rectangular paperboard blank 48 to provide
the insert for dividing receptacle 10 into such plural passageways.
Thus, blank 48 is divided by transverse fold lines 50 into a
plurality of transverse sections 52 and the size of the blank is
such that when folded into corrugated form as shown in FIG. 4, it
will fit substantially exactly into receptacle 10' and the apeces
of the respective corrugations will be held in place by the
adhesive layers 34. The insert then divides the interior of
receptacle 10' into a series of narrow transverse passageways 54.
Also blank 44 is formed with two large rectangular apertures 56, 58
intended to communicate with inlet apertures which are provided by
the removal of tearout panels 44, 46.
The receptacle 10' shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 thus provides a
self-contained and sealed disposable glue trap package requiring no
outer wrapper. The outer surface of the package may carry suitable
printed matter such as advertising and instructions for use. The
suspension panel 22, 24a can be used for suspending the package at
a point of sale and can be used as a hold-down means for the trap
when in use.
To convert package 10' into a trap, it is necessary only to remove
tear-out panels 36, 38 providing end-wise access to the passageways
54. Panels 44, 46 can also be removed so as to provide additional
central access points to the end-most passageways on each side of
the trap.
Thus, it is evident that the invention provides a simple and
economical form of disposable glue trap for rodents which forms it
own package requiring no outer wrapper, and which is readily
converted for use simply by removal of the tear-out panels. It is
also evident that the trap can be used either with the base wall or
the top wall resting on a support surface.
While only a preferred embodiment of the invention has been
described herein in detail, the invention is not limited thereby,
and modifications can be made within the scope of the attached
claims.
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